The Premise of Ex Machina Ex Machina is set in the near future at a secret testing facility. The only person in this facility is Nathan, played by Oscar Isaac, until he selects Caleb, played by Domhnall Gleeson, to spend…
"There’s that whole idea, ‘what if we were just a brain in a vat?’ that’s often posed by philosophers, except we are a brain in a vat… that vat is our skull...along the way there'll be a lot of good…
What to expect in the Neuralink announcementRecently, Neuralink has scheduled an announcement for Tuesday, 16th July. While we await this Neuralink announcement, we can only speculate about what it might entail. What is almost guaranteed, however, is that the announcement…
Medicine vs MaintenanceThe topic of medicine vs maintenance may seem nonsensical, and historically it would have been. Surely something that needs medicine doesn't need maintenance and vice versa, right? Well, thanks to modern advancements in artificial limb and organ technology,…
Traditional interpretations of identityTraditionally, Identity has been almost entirely about who a person is and what groups they fall into. For all of human history we have defined people as things like 'Jew', 'male', 'black', 'straight', 'liberal', 'nerd' and so…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBekkTqsYs4&t=383sOur Curious World - Digital ImmortalityOur Curious World is a podcast hosted by Krisitan Lander. In this episode, 'Digital Immortality', I (Loui) talked with Kristian about this blog, my inspiration and what I think will happen in relation to the…
This content is MATURE and not recommended for children! The modern purpose and practice of sex Historically, and indeed biologically, sexual intercourse has generally been for the purpose of having children alone. Humans are among the few animals that choose…
This is a review of Season 2 Episode 4 of Netflix’s Black Mirror. Once again, this is not a review of the storyline, cinematography, character choices or anything like that, but is instead a review exclusively of the technology within the…
What is Neuralink's 'Neural Lace'?NeuralinkLet's start off with Neuralink. Neuralink is Elon Musk's very secretive company that describes itself as "Developing ultra high bandwidth brain-machine interfaces to connect humans and computers." As put in SXSW, we currently have very low bandwidth,…
A (brief) overview of conflictWhy do we have conflicts?There is generally a magnitude of reasons for conflict, though the psychology behind it is fairly well understood and is observed in many places. The largest psychological effect involved here is called…
This is part 4 in our series about the role of digital beings in a sustainable future. Click here to read part 1, here for part 2 and here for part 3.Soil contamination and quality:Soil pollution, despite being little talked about, is still a considerably…
This is part 3 in our series about the role of digital beings in a sustainable future. Click here to read part 1, and here for part 2.Water pollution:Unlike climate change and air pollution, water pollution does not directly affect people, but instead indirectly…
This is part 2 in our series about the role of digital beings in a sustainable future. Click here to read part 1.Air pollution:Problems with air pollutionVery much like climate change, air pollution's effects are gradual and not obvious, but it affects…
What is the current situation? (Not sustainable)In order to look at the sustainable future, we first need to look at the unsustainable past. The previous century was driven by fossil fuels, which are unsustainable as they are a limited resource.…
Why go to space?As Space Explorations Technologies Corp. (more commonly known as 'SpaceX') founder and CEO Elon Musk has said before, multi-planetary colonisation is not a plan B but instead a necessity for the survival of humanity. The best explanation of this is…
Once humanity develops the ability to upload an individual's cognition into digital form, we would need to create a mechanical body to house that digital cognition. We will look at how this mechanical body can be upgraded with hardware and…
